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Fly fishing Tasmania tactics – using sound and movement to increase catch rates

Do you ever think about sound and movement, and how sound and movement can be used to increase your catch rate? Using sound and movement is a part of fly fishing that I experiemented with a lot this past season, particularly while sightfishing. By sound and movement, I’m talking about the sound vibrations that your…

Fly fishing Tasmania – summer report

The Tasmanian fly fishing season has moved into more regular predictability since December, and the high levels of spring.

Fly fishing Tasmania with RiverFly 1864

Summer sight fishing – Tasmania

Summer sight fishing is in full swing! Damsel feeders and early hoppers are driving good sight fishing on the rivers and streams, with excellent river heights currently. The wilderness lakes are also fishing well, with some extremelly large (healthy) fish coming to hand this season. We’ve been using the 1864 Blue Damsel and Scruffy flies…

Selected Tasmanian rivers – extended season in May

We received our Inland Fishing Service annual fishing licence renewals this morning, and noticed a change in regulations…from May 2020, the lower sections of the South Esk catchment including the lower Meander, Macquarie, South Esk and Brumbys Creek will be open until the end of May. This brings these sections of lowland rivers into line…